Furnace adapted to produce lime for use in downstream flue gas desulfurization process
US6391266B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B2290/20
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A limestone furnace calcination process involves injecting finely divided limestone particles into a zone in a furnace at which the temperature of the flue gas stream, as it passes through the zone, is above the minimum calcination temperature and below the minimum effective quicklime utilization/sulfation temperature. In conventional furnaces, the minimum calcination temperature, or the calcium carbonate decomposition temperature, ranges from about 1,365 to 1,430° F. The minimum effective quicklime utilization/sulfation temperature refers to the temperature below which the rate of quicklime sulfation of the lime produced by calcination of the limestone is sufficiently slow to result in negligible calcium sulfate formation on the resultant lime, and in conventional furnace applications ranges from 1,600 to 1,800° F. The zone is preferably sized such that limestone particles injected therein will remain at a temperature above the minimum calcination temperature, as the particles are carried downstream, for a period sufficient for substantially complete calcination of the limestone particles to lime while minimizing reactions between the resultant lime particles and sulfur di…
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